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* Read-me file for "Strategic Citation" *
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Steps to compile data and replicate regression results:
(1) Create folders labeled "Temp Files" and "Portfolios" inside a home folder labeled "Working Folder"
(2) Download the "Python Scripts" and "Source Files" zip files.  The unzipped files will be folders "Python Scripts" and "Source Files."  These contain the source files and Python scripts needed to compile the data.
(3) Run the Stata do file "sc120309.do" to compile the data.  Regressions are at the end of the file. 

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* Contents of "Source Files" folder: *
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(1) My citation data  (01-02_citations_output.dta)
(2) My forward citations data for 2001-08 (01-08_fwd_cites.dta)
(3) My data on claims and examiners for 01-02 patents (01-02_patent_data.dta)
(4) My inventor data for year 2001-02 patents (01-02_inventor.dta)
(5) My inventor data for year 2000-02 patents (00-02_inventor_revised.dta)
(6) My claims and inventor data for the year 2000 (00_claims.dta)
(7) Attorney names for 2001-02 patents (01-02_attorneys.dta)
(8) Attorney names for patents with overlapping inventors (prior_attorneys.dta)
(9) My claims data for the year 1999 (99_claims.dta)

From Professor Hall's website (http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~bhhall/patents.html) and NBER site
(http://www.nber.org/cgi-bin/printit?uri=/patents/):
(10) The NBER inventor data for 75-99 (ainventor.txt) 
(11) Hall patent data (pat63_02f.dta)
(12) Hall citation data (cite75_02.dta)
